October 11

16 entries from the federal record fall on October 11, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

Storms at their strongest near the U.S. on this date.

  1. 1885Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Dixie County, FL
  2. 1888Unnamed storm, category 2 near Dixie County, FL
  3. 1898Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Miami-Dade County, FL
  4. 1909Unnamed storm, category 3 near Monroe County, FL
  5. 1990Marco, tropical storm near Lee County, FL

Tornadoes

Tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or stronger, or that killed, on this date.

  1. 1954F3, 4.7 mile path, 2 killed Johnson, IN
  2. 1954F3, 8.6 mile path Ellis, KS; Russell, KS
  3. 1960F3, 1 mile path Parmer, TX
  4. 1970F3, 4.3 mile path Jefferson, TX
  5. 1970F2, 1 mile path, 1 killed Cameron, LA

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2002Dense Fog, 11 deaths Ozaukee; Sheboygan
  2. 2018Flash Flood, 5 deaths, $17.3 million Amherst; Appomattox; Bedford; Botetourt
  3. 2001Flash Flood, $120 million Columbia

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, on this date (local time).

  1. 1960M5.5, near Colona, Colorado Gunnison County, CO
  2. 1964M5.7, near Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  3. 2021M6.9, near Chignik, Alaska Kodiak Island Borough, AK